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In Book 1, Artemis et al escaped from the time stop by drugging themselves to sleep.

In the same time stop, Julius Root "accidentally" plugged Briar Cudgeon with a tranquilizer dart. Cudgeon fell asleep, but did not disappear from the time stop. Why not?

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    Was Cudgeon actually in the time-stopped zone at the time, or did the fairies set up an FOB outside the zone? I mean, they didn't go all the way back to Haven when they set off the bomb, right?
    – Kevin
    Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 17:19

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Fowl Mastermind here.

The answer is simple biology. Artemis, Juliet and Butler are all humans [known as 'mud men' to the People]. Whereas the good Lieutenant Cudgeon was an elf. We can simply theorize that none of the People can escape a time stop, and that time stops only affect sleeping mud men-- especially since the magic was used in the past to deter mud men from intervening on fairy business [they hint about the elf and cobbler tale].

Another answer could be the fact that none of the People can leave a time stop until it ends due to their magic. Remember, though the generators for the time stop are technological, they are still using fairy magic.

TLDR; he didn't poof cuz he's a magic jerkwad.

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    OK, it's a good theory, and I'll go with that answer... though I reserve the right to change answer credit if anyone comes after you with a better theory. :-)
    – Shaul Behr
    Commented Aug 25, 2015 at 6:34
  • Biology could be the answer, but not for the reasons cited in the answer: Cudgeon, Mulch and the troll move through the barrier of the time-stop seemingly unhindered.
    – Sava
    Commented Jan 16, 2019 at 21:44
  • So then what about Butler when he got knocked out by Mulch? Or knocked out by the troll? Or when Butler knocked out the troll? Btw Holly also loses consciousness (again, troll).
    – ifiht
    Commented May 27 at 22:16

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